The Osceola times., 1887-10-15
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
AscAANoa or Dssss.
same women of Paris Who Have Adopted
lIais Attirs-A Change for the Better.

llale Attirs-A Change for the Better
Ii 10 reported from Paris that six
married ladies OF title have discarded
tbe conventional dress OF their sex and
adopted the attire OF men. They are
following the lead Of French woman
who has Of late made herself conspicu-
Gus by advocating such change.
which, she contends, is necessary
preliminary to the emancipation OF
women from restraints that fatally
-haadiean-tAssa ia -their- -easapetso1sw.th
men under, the opportunities afforded
by modern civilization. The New forkl
sun. in y lengthy editorial on tho sub
jeet. obselyes that the dress or women
has already been assimilated aird many
respects to that of men. und-so fay as
the Oh IN ge has gone it hasJnnquestion-
ably been for the Letter. slpstend OF
the paper,soled shoes qof gepel'ati9p
aco. women how-wear the heavy soles
which are salrea uisite .totheir heal tn ~
they,are to thslhea alth Of men. -
They no lopgar trail the petticohts Of
their gowns along the papements or
tire tl,en,se,veslby holding them npss
they walk Z abroad, 81 Underclothing
adapted to the changes Of the tenn
perature is worn by both sexes, though
the time was when women suffered for
the lack Of it in order that their fig
ures might seem the more ethereal,
Overcoats in cut not much unlike
those OF men are now adopted by
women, and the Jersey jacket Of the
sailor has been deservedly popular
among them for seyeuli years. They
also have AFFECTED tsilor-made gar
ments fashioned, after those dof the
plals sex, and sailor-hats and Derbys
worn by them are. in ALI respects,1 ex-
cept it may be 30 far Ms trimming
goes, the same rs those obtained by
men at their hatters. Something ap
prosching q masculine waistcoat has
also become a frequent part OF wom-
sn's attirr,, and collars and cravai'
little different from those Of their broth.
srs have been adopted, the material OF
their garments, too. being often the
same as that used by the tailors fol-
men.
All this, observes the writer in the
Sun. has been sensible change, for il
has increased the comfort and adapt.
ability Of the garments worn By Won
en-, and has not lesscned their beauty
while the full dress in which they ap
pear of an evening was never NOR,
artistic than 1t is now. As the pro
cesses of manufacture have been per
fected, and rs chemistry has provided
n greater variety Of tones and eolors
the fabrics worn have become rRor,
beautiful. and the opportunities fol
striking and harmonious combination
have vastly increased. Yet these ei,
French women would east aside all tina
art and science llnve done for the
identifying of the materials. and fo
making more @sthetically satisfactory
the fashioning OF their garments. l
the conventional European dress o
men. which they would substitute fo
that worn by women, We're the bcs
that could be devised for human be
ing, there might be practical justiica
tion for its adoption by both sexes
even at the sacrifice of beauty. II 1
were better adapted to all weather
and all occupations than the flowin,
| robes of women, it would be more har
monious with the requirementssof thi
active age. tEr T.alsas1 "a salf
But men themselves cry out agains
It's Inconvenience and its unsuitabilil.
10 their occupations. Trousers are by
no means the ideal garment even fo
masculine wear, and Il is The trouser
which more especially distinguish th,
male from the female attire in ou
Western civilization. Something re
sembling knickerbockers would b,
much more suitable for men than srou
scrs, and II the six French wopeI
really want to benefit the human spe
ees they had better let them organic,
u movement against trousers rather
than undertake TO put trousers on Ia.
sex not now forced by convention Il
wear them. The Chinese costume fol
men is better, and if women are dis
satisfied with their present attire the,
would be wiser to adopt that, will
notifications, which woull satisfy thei,
love of beauty. 1t is fawing and il
admits of q variety Of color and ma
terial impossible under the convention.
Of the European dress for men. .l.s
In conclusion. the writer adds thai
''if women continue TO compete with
men in all except few of the in.
dustries Of the world. they must max,
some change in their present costume
or else permanently suffer from mani
fest disabilities; but that is no reason
why they should initiate masculine at.
tire rs it is in the West. Let them
rather use their inventive capacity &c
| devise a dress more convenient and
more beautiful, or rather which, tc
some extent at least, satisfies the law
of beauty, as the dress Of men does not.
Equal Suffrage in Kansas. -ff-
Mrs. JnliaA. Wilson read very able